The Combined Claim Conference (CCC) will celebrate their 20th year of educating claim professionals next month when their conference kicks off on March 11-12, 2007 at the Pacific Palms Conference Center in Industry Hills, Calif. The conference, which is put together by a committee of volunteer insurance professionals, serves as an educational tool for the insurance community and offers mentorship opportunities. To find out what this year's show has in store, Claims' Eric Gilkey spoke with Caryn Siebert, chairperson of CCC, and Bill King II, son of CCC founder Bill King.

There are a lot of claim conferences out there. What makes CCC different?

Siebert: Various claim conferences focus on a specific area of expertise, which is great for a claim professional who has a singular focus. We find that many insurance claim professionals, risk managers, and third-party claim administrators have a multi-line background or know that in order to move ahead in their organizations, their experience needs to be multi-faceted.